BLM plan paves way for largest oil, gas development

MEEKER I The Bureau of Land Management has released a draft Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA) for the White River region that could allow for an unprecedented level of oil and gas development in the Piceance Basin region near Meeker. Conservationists and sportsmen, including hunters and anglers, will be working to improve the agency’s plan to ensure that sensitive lands and wildlife would not be permanently impacted.
The draft plan, funded entirely by the oil…